Fire in the Night
MovieTitle | Fire in the Night |
User score | 6.5 |
Release date | Jun 19, 2013 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Anthony Wonke |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Production companies | Berriff McGinty Films, Scottish Television (STV) |
Run time | 93 min. |
A re-examination of the events that led to the Piper Alpha oil-drilling platform—at the time the largest and oldest in the North Sea oilfield—exploding on the night of 6 July 1988, killing 167 men. The documentary includes testimonies from rescuers and some of the 61 survivors, many of whom were forced to jump hundreds of feet into a flaming, oil-covered sea, and discovers what the physical and psychological legacy of the disaster has meant for those involved.